"Never let the horns out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud." Richard Strauss
Luckily not everyone thinks like Strauss, thank goodness! Browse our sheet music, tuition books & scores, and whether you are after Horn for Beginners, Jazz Horn, or Concert Pieces for Horn, we have a wide range of styles and genres, and there’s something for everybody!
The horn is a brass instrument used primarily in classical music. It is often referred to as the French horn or ’corno’ in orchestral repertoire. Historically, people used animal horns to call to one and other, and they soon started replicating this natural design out of metal, creating the first Hunting Horns, and Natural Horns. These horns had no valves, and played only natural tones.
In the 16th Century, horns were first developed into musical instruments. Although there were many permutations of the horn throughout music history, the design we recognise today has a funnel mouthpiece, valves, and a wide-ranging bell. Did you know that if you straightened out the horn, it would stretch to almost four meters?
The horn was used very differently, depending on its stage of development, and the era. It ranges from hunting motifs in the Baroque and Classical periods, to long, melodic phrases in the late Romantic period. At that time, Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner, Richard Wagner and above all Richard Strauss wrote much more complex parts for the horn, and they wrote for up to 12 horns in their orchestral works.
As a chamber instrument, the horn not only plays a big role within brass ensembles, but is often paired up with woodwind and string ensembles, to give depth and warmth to the sound. A few famous examples are the Telemann Concerto a Tre for Horn, Recorder & Basso Continuo, the Brahms Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings.
As a solo instrument, among the most famous works are Handel’s Horn Concertos, Mozart’s Horn Concertos and Richard Strauss’ Concertos for Horn.
Hilfreiche Tipps zur Wahl des ersten Instrumentes
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 143694
Aufbau, Ausbildung, Einsatz
Handbuch der Jagdmusik 9
for: Hunting horn ensemble
Score
Item no.: 217251
Was einen guten Instrumentalunterricht ausmacht (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument
Book
Item no.: 431512
aus dem Oratorium "Der Messias"
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1886
aus: "Deux cents Études Nouvelles Mélodiques et Progressives"
for: Horn
Sheet music
Item no.: 5125
op. 67
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726185
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 734018
for solo horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 743601
from: Old Viennese Dance Tunes, No. 1
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 746545
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 746546
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072838
Cor et Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073270
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108347
Quatuor De Cors
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072594
Band 2: 50 neue melodische Etüden
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1664843
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1659986
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662873
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662956
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640783
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613572
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567643
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614459
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600990
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601416
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 913133
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1651611
aus Walter Scotts "Fräulein am See"
for: Horn, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633387
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1642402
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1642455
Musik für besondere Gelegenheiten und kirchliche Feiern
for: Horn, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1642729
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630476
for: 4 horns, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1676889
Französische National-Hymne (1792)
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1082
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614062
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1615196
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613549
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731593
10 Trios
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1657369
Polkas und Walzer
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651969
for: Horn (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1642492
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663364
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 992252
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601184
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663365
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1615143
for: 2 horns (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597026
Choralvorspiel
bearbeitet für Horn und Orgel
for: Horn (F), organ
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 2244
for: 4 horns, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697143